1. Why are some countries more developed than others?
Economic Development
Why are some countries more developed than others?

2. Your Theory
Write a theory that gives at least one reason why some countries are more developed than others.

3. What Does Development Mean?
Development usually means the things that lead to the economic wealth and security of a country.
The more the developed a country is, the more people will have access to public services like garbage, water, electricity, hospitals, education and police.

4. Human Development Index
The Human Development Index was created by the United Nations to measure the levels of development of the nations of the world. It uses demographic information from three categories.
Economic Indicator
Per Capita Gross Domestic Product
Social Indicators
Education Level
Literacy
Demographic Indicator
Life Expectancy

5. Levels of Development Green =More Developed Countries- MDC
Yellow =Developing: making progress
Orange =Less Developed:extreme poverty

6. Per Capita GDP Blue =high ($30,000 +)
green =high middle ($15,000-$30,000)
purple =low middle ($1,000-$15,000)
red = low (less than $1000)

7. Economic Sectors All economies are broken into three parts
1. primary industries: Industries that grow or gather resources
a. farming (all forms)
b. forestry
c. mining
d. fishing
2. secondary (manufacturing): any industry that makes something
3. tertiary (services): any job that takes place after a product is made
(economists and geographers now recognize a fourth category (quaternary) that includes jobs in research, teaching and information processing)

8. Think, Pair, Share AP Students can ignore this slide
Person #1:Primary Industries
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Person #2: Secondary Industries
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Person #3: Tertiary Industries
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Working in groups of 3,
students will each choose
two sections from the list
at right to outline.
once they have finished
outlining their chosen
sections, they will get
together with another
student in their group and
share their information with
them. Repeat this process
until all of the sections listed to the right are finished.

9. Economic Health Go to www.cia.gov Click on the “World Fact Book”
Select one of the following countries from the pull down list:
United States, Russia, Brazil, China, India and Nigeria
Click on the economy section.
Create and fill out a chart that looks like the one on the following slide.
Write three observations and three conclusions from what you see on the chart.

10. Comparisons GDP U.S.A Russia Brazil China India Growth PCGDP Primary
Go to and look up the information for each country. It is found
In the World Fact Book under the economy section of each country.
GDP
Growth
PCGDP
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
U.S.A
Russia
Brazil
China
India
Nigeria

11. Which Country is Most Developed?
Division of Labor by Economic Sector

12. What is the relationship between Division of Labor and GDP?
Uganda
Write a sentence that explains the connection between the percentage of
income that Uganda gets from primary industries and the percentage of
people that work in that industry.

13. Division of Labor and GDP
China

14. Division of Labor and GDP
Germany
Write a sentence that explains the connection between the percentage of income that Germany gets from services (tertiary) and the percentage of people that work in that industry.

15. Geography of Music Response
Write a one page response (two complete paragraphs) that uses information from the previous slides.
Main Idea: As a country develops, its economy changes from mainly primary industries, to mainly secondary to mainly service type jobs. As the economy changes, peoples lives change too.
Supporting Details: Use information from the following sources
-country comparison chart
-pie charts about economic sectors
-information from article titled “Invent, Invent, Invent”
- examples from songs: “Downeaster Alexa”, “Rain on the Scarecrow” and
“Allentown”
- examples from movies “October Sky”, “Rudy” and “The Perfect Storm”
Personal Application:
Have you or anyone you know ever had to deal with the loss of a job?
Provide a solution of what can you do to avoid having this happen to you?
Provide any other examples, experiences that help you relate this lesson to your life.